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Armed pirates abduct nine sailors off Gabon 12 Jan 2026 - 03:57 pm
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US Fed chief warns of 'intimidation' after criminal subpoenas 12 Jan 2026 - 03:06 pm
(Files) US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP)
'Genius' chimpanzee Ai dies in Japan at 49 12 Jan 2026 - 01:34 pm
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Nepal's unemployed youth scramble for election jobs 12 Jan 2026 - 12:46 pm
Nepali youth queue to submit applications for temporary police personnel for the upcoming general elections outside the District Police Range office in Kathmandu on January 11, 2026. (Photo by Prakash Mathema / AFP)
Trump says US will take Greenland 'one way or the other' 12 Jan 2026 - 11:44 am
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on January 11, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
Wildfires destroy more than 15,000 hectares in Argentina Patagonia 12 Jan 2026 - 11:30 am
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India fails in latest polar satellite launch vehicle mission 12 Jan 2026 - 10:16 am
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Meta urges Australia to change teen social media ban 12 Jan 2026 - 10:15 am
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Sudanese government sets work priorities after return to Khartoum 11 Jan 2026 - 11:34 pm
Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris (front, C) waves as he arrives to deliver an address in Khartoum on January 11, 2026. Idris announced on January 11, 2026, the government's return to Khartoum, after nearly three years of operating from its wartime capital of Port Sudan. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP)
Danish PM says Greenland showdown at 'decisive moment' after new Trump threats 11 Jan 2026 - 09:09 pm
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Two Palestinians martyred in Israeli shelling targeting Khan Younis in southern Gaza 11 Jan 2026 - 09:03 pm
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Sweden allocates EUR 1.4 billion to strengthen country's air defences 11 Jan 2026 - 08:53 pm
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Trump tells Cuba to 'make a deal, before it is too late' 11 Jan 2026 - 07:57 pm
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on January 11, 2026 shows Cuba's President and First Secretary Miguel Diaz-Canel (L) before a family photo during the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2025; and US President Donald Trump as he boards Air Force One before travelling to South Korea, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on October 29, 2025.(Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL and ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Canada's Carney plans to talk trade, relations during China visit 11 Jan 2026 - 06:17 pm
(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on October 31, 2025 shows (L) Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking during a press conference on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 27, 2025, and (R) China's President Xi Jinping taking part in a meeting at Gimhae Air Base in Busan on October 30, 2025. (Photo by Arif Kartono and ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Kyiv shivers without heat, but battles on 11 Jan 2026 - 05:55 pm
Passers-by walk past a snow-covered motorcycle in the center of Kyiv on January 10, 2026. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
Sudan PM announces govt return to Khartoum from wartime capital 11 Jan 2026 - 05:31 pm
Kamil Idris, who was appointed in May as prime minister by Sudan's de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, addresses people and local fighters supporting the Sudanese army who came to cheer him on, during a visit in Omdurman on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP)
100 skeletons found in home of man who looted historic cemetery, police say 11 Jan 2026 - 04:11 pm
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Malaysia suspends access to Musk's Grok AI: regulator 11 Jan 2026 - 03:24 pm
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